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Australia Unemployment Rate 20 October 2016

Australia Unemployment Rate 20 October 2016: 5.6% for September 2016, below the 5.7% forecast and against 5.7% in August 2016 (first reported as 5.6%). It is the third release in a row below the forecast. It was released on Thu 20 Oct 2016 at 00:30 UTC.

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: Australian Bureau of Statistics. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
5.6%
September 2016
Forecast
5.7%
The market consensus
Previous
5.7%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Below the forecast: A lower-than-expected rate can support the Australian dollar, especially if employment gains and participation confirm a genuinely tight market.

Australia Unemployment Rate 20 October 2016: 5.6% for September 2016 against a 5.7% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
20 Oct 2016Sep5.6%5.7%5.7%
15 Sep 2016Aug5.6%5.7%5.7%
18 Aug 2016Jul5.7%5.8%5.8%
14 Jul 2016Jun5.8%5.8%5.7%
16 Jun 2016May5.7%5.7%5.7%
19 May 2016Apr5.7%5.8%5.7%
14 Apr 2016Mar5.7%5.9%5.8%
17 Mar 2016Feb5.8%6%6.0%
18 Feb 2016Jan6.0%5.8%5.8%
14 Jan 2016Dec5.8%5.9%5.8%
10 Dec 2015Nov5.8%6%5.9%
12 Nov 2015Oct5.9%6.2%6.2%
The release before:Australia Unemployment Rate 15 September 2016The release after:Australia Unemployment Rate 17 November 2016Australia Unemployment Rate: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar